Known and Loved (Psalm 139:1-18)

Pastor LyAnna Johnson takes Psalm 139's meditation on being searched and known by God and pairs it with something almost nobody tells new parents outright: you cannot spoil a baby with love, and you cannot spoil a person with it either. Drawing on her own experience of unconditional family love, a Sesame Street book about a monster who turns out to be lovable, furry Grover, and a story about God opening a nail salon, she makes a simple, repeated point: nothing anyone has done, or hasn't done, changes how fully they're known and fully they're loved. It closes on one of the gentlest lines in the series so far: when God looks at you, God says beautiful and means it. Sermon date: August 23, 2026